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BenInBlack
Posted: 04 June 2009 07:47 PM   [ Ignore ]  
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New to codeigniter, actually have to use it for this project.

Ok, I’m working with a situation where there will be dynamic number of input fields in a form so i need to use $_POST to iterate thru them

//Set post arg to vars
foreach ($_POST as $name=>$values) {
    $this->global_class->checkArgFiltered($name);
    echo "{$name} = {$value}";            
} 

my form action is

<form action="<?php $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'];?>/index.php/pdf/write" method="POST" enctype="text/plain"> 

I need $_POST to work or I need a codeignter method.

i tried calling $this->input->post() with out param hoping that it would return an array of the post args

Please help!
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Colin Williams
Posted: 04 June 2009 08:27 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]  
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So just iterate over $_POST like in your first example. What’s wrong with that?

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BenInBlack
Posted: 04 June 2009 08:36 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]  
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it’s empty, non of the post args are getting thru codeigniter

this is codeigniter blocking this because I have other project running on this server that are not CI
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gtech
Posted: 04 June 2009 08:36 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]  
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to itterate what Colin has said.. here is an example test controller (which I have tested):

<?php
class Test extends Controller {

  function Test() 
  {
    parent::Controller();
  }
  function index()
  {
    // should load a view but for demonstration purposes
    echo ("<FORM action='".site_url()."/test/res' method='post'>
           <INPUT type='TEXT' name='testp'><input type='submit'></FORM>");
  }
  function res()
  {
    print_r($_POST);
  }
}
?> 

result after submitting form

Array ( [testp] => datatypedin ) 
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BenInBlack
Posted: 04 June 2009 08:39 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]  
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let me re-iterate wink $_POST is empty
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gtech
Posted: 04 June 2009 08:42 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 5 ]  
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have you tried cut and pasting my example?
it works here.
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slowgary
Posted: 04 June 2009 08:44 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 6 ]  
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And if you want the added security of the input class, do this:

foreach($_POST as $key => $value)
{
     $post_array[$key] = $this->input->post($key);

     //optional 2nd parameter of post() method runs xss filter if set to TRUE
     // e.g. $this->input->post($key, TRUE);
} 

P.S. “Having” to use CodeIgniter is not a punishment, it’s a privilege wink
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Posted: 04 June 2009 08:45 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 7 ]  
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BenInBlack - 05 June 2009 12:39 AM

let me re-iterate wink $_POST is empty

Then there must be another problem with your code. You probably need to show more code.

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BenInBlack
Posted: 04 June 2009 08:58 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 8 ]  
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first off, thanks for the responses.


Controller

class Pdf extends Controller {

    function Pdf()
    {
        parent::Controller();    
    }
    
    //the index function is what is called first on instantiation
    function index()
    {
    }
    
    function read() {
        $this->load->library('global_class');
        $this->load->database();
        $this->load->view('pdf_read');
    }
    
    function write() {
        $this->load->library('global_class');
        $this->load->database();
        $this->load->view('pdf_write');
    }

    function form() {
        $this->load->library('global_class');
        $this->load->database();
        $this->load->view('pdf_form');
    }
    
    
} 


pdf_form.php produces a basic form (for now)

<form action="/index.php/pdf/write" method="POST" enctype="text/plain">
<input type="hidden" name="filename" value="base_form_4"/>  
<hr>78 - (Text1) - Tx  - (test1)<br>Text1: <input type="text" name="Text1" value="test1"><br><hr>81 - (CheckBox1) - Btn  - Yes<br>CheckBox1: <input type="checkbox" name="CheckBox1" value="Yes" checked> Yes<br><hr>83 - (RadioButton1) - Btn  - Yes<br>RadioButton1: <input type="radio" name="RadioButton1" value="Yes" checked> Yes<br><hr>84 - (RadioButton1) - Btn  - Yes<br>RadioButton1: <input type="radio" name="RadioButton1" value="No"> No<br><hr>85 - (ComboBox1) - Ch [[(1)(item 1)][(2)(item 2)]] / 1,item 1|2,item 2 - (2)<br>ComboBox1: <select name="ComboBox1" size="1" >

<option value="1">item 1</option>
<option value="2" selected>item 2</option>
</select>
<br><hr>86 - (Button1) - Btn  - <br>Button1: <input type="checkbox" name="Button1" value="No"> No<br><hr>87 - (Text2) - Tx  - (test6)<br>Text2: <input type="text" name="Text2" value="test6"><br><hr>88 - (ListBox1) - Ch [[(1)(List 1)][(2)(List 2)]] / 1,List 1|2,List 2 - (2)<br>ListBox1: <select name="ListBox1" size="5" >
<option value="1">List 1</option>
<option value="2" selected>List 2</option>

</select>
<br><hr>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Post Values and Write new PDF"/>  
</form> 

This form is to post to the write function which calls pdf_write.php

at the top of pdf_write.php is the code to iterate through the $_POST array

but it is empty
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Posted: 04 June 2009 09:07 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 9 ]  
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Can you ensure that you’re ‘POST’-ing to the correct location?

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BenInBlack
Posted: 04 June 2009 09:29 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 10 ]  
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I went back to verify the posting thru Zend debug trace and in watching the vars I saw the $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA was getting set, but $_POST was still empty, that prompted my memory, that this code be an encoding issue.
and sure enough it was.

I use zend to quick enter html so it created

<form action="/index.php/pdf/write" method="POST" enctype="text/plain"> 

note the enctype…

I changed it to:
ENCTYPE=“multipart/form-data”

and bamo, I get $_POST data.

Sorry for wasting your time, thx for the help
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Posted: 04 June 2009 09:41 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 11 ]  
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You need not set the enctype unless you’re uploading.

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bhogg
Posted: 02 July 2009 09:10 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 12 ]  
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I actually copied and pasted that Test controller, and I also am not receiving anything from the print_r($_POST) statement.  I’ve tried it on a couple of projects on my local dev, no luck.

Perhaps an Apache configuration issue, though it’s pretty standard setup (just virtual hosts configured and entries in the /etc/hosts file as needed)?

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Posted: 02 July 2009 09:31 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 13 ]  
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I’m wondering if this might be related to the uri_protocol at all. Can you call on any of your controller methods (other than index) directly from the address bar?

It might also be worth validating your HTML.

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bhogg
Posted: 02 July 2009 01:27 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 14 ]  
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Yes, other functions can be accessed using direct urls from the address bar no problem…

It’s a pretty standard 1.7.1 installation, a previous 1.6 installation with the above controller works fine.  Could certainly be a config parameter.  Currently the uri protocol is:

$config[‘uri_protocol’]  = “REQUEST_URI”;

Tried AUTO and others and no effect, though I cannot think of what would be stripping out the POST values completely?
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I’d suggest going back to basics, and just creating a simple script outside of PHP which will allow you to submit a post value, and then read it back to you. I suspect this will work, in which case, the problem is CodeIgniter (which I doubt), or that your HTML is not valid. Have you tried getting this to work with different browsers?

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